Billy Joe Shaver

Artist:  Billy Joe Shaver 
Birth Name:  Billy Joe Shaver
Born:  August 16, 1939.  Corsicana, Texas, USA
Genre:  Country, Country Rock, Honky Tonk, Outlaw Country, Progressive Country, Americana
Occupations:  Singer, Songwriter
Instruments:  Acoustic Guitar

Billy Joe Shaver is an American Singer, and Songwriter, from Corsicana, Texas.  He never became upto the top level name, but his songs, including "Good Christian Soldier", "Willie The Wandering Gypsy And Me" and "I Been To Georgia On A Fast Train", became country standard during the '70s.

Title:  The Collection  (2019)
Genre:  Country, Country Rock, Honky Tonk, Outlaw Country, Progressive Country, Americana
Label:   Floating World Records/Retroworld
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

Disc 1:

 1.  Black Rose  (2:44)
 2.  Old Five And Dimers Like Me  (2:41)
 3.  L.A. Turnaround  (2:49)
 4.  Jesus Christ, What A Man  (2:25)
 5.  Played The Game Too Long  (3:25)
 6.  I Been To Georgia On A Fast Train  (2:14)
 7.  Willy The Wandering Gypsy And Me  (2:30)
 8.  Low Down Freedom  (2:51)
 9.  Jesus Was Our Saviour And Cotton Was Our King  (1:45)
10. Serious Souls  (2:11)
11. Bottom Dollar  (2:53)
12. Sweet Mama  (3:23)
13. Hard Workin' Man  (2:48)
14. Manuel Labour  (2:45)
15. Hill Country Love Song  (2:19)
16.  You Just Can't Beat Jesus Christ  (3:04)
17. The Devil Made Me Do It The First Time  (2:14)
18. For A While It Lasted  (3:41)
19. Whiteman's Watermelon  (3:33)
20. Street Walkin' Woman  (3:15)
21. Good News Blues  (2:56)

Disc 2:

 1.  Amtrak  (2:56)
 2.  Bottom Dollar  (2:36)
 3.  Old Five And Dimers Like Me  (2:29)
 4.  How Many Hearts Must You Break  (4:05)
 5.  Oklahoma Wind  (3:41)
 6.  Ride Me Down Easy  (2:35)
 7.  Tell Me Virginia  (3:30)
 8.  Low Down Freedom  (3:10)
 9.  One Moving Part  (2:20)
10. I Been To Georgia On A Fast Train  (2:56)
11. Fit To Kill And Going Out In Style  (2:49)
12. Blue Texas Waltz  (4:04)
13. Saturday Night  (3:07)
14. Ragged Old Truck  (4:11)
15. I'm Just An Old Chunk Of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be A Diamond Someday)  (2:02)
16. When The World Was Thunderbird  (3:31)
17. (We Are) The Cowboys  (3:42)
18. Mexico  (3:14)
19. It Ain't Nothing New Babe  (4:07)
20. The Road  (4:07)

The Collection is a compilation album from 4 albums 1973, 1981, 1982, 1987 by Billy Joe Shaver, released on August 2, 2019 by Floating World Records/Retroworld.